Synagogue in Tarnogród

The New Synagogue in Józefów Biłgorajski is an Ashkenazi synagogue built between the late 18th and the early 19th century. The synagogue was restored after 1945 and in the 1980s. This Baroque building now serves as a library.

Jozefow Jewish Cemetery is a historic burial site located in the town of the same name. About 400 tombstones or their fragments have been preserved in the cemetery.

The cemetery was established in Frampol right after the city’s founding. The cemetery survived the War almost intact. After the War, the local non-Jewish population used the stone fence and most of the tombstones for construction purposes. After 1946, the cemetery was narrowed on the west side, and the edge was incorporated into the town. Over time, the cemetery became overgrown with poplars and robins. In 1985, the cemetery was fenced, a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust was erected, and the mass graves were marked.

It is home to 46 tombstones, some of which are today badly damaged. The cemetery also has 160 matzevot, most of which are fragmented and the oldest of which dates to 1735 or 1736.